Joanne Petit-Frère
Director, JoGoesWest Studios™
Visionary & Sculptor
Creator of BRAIDWOMAN™
Premiering: BRAIDWOMAN™ at Adelaide Fringe 2026
Image: Looking Back to Braid Forward, Envisioning Forward to Braid Back, 2026
In this process study for BRAIDWOMAN™, braid is pinned into provisional architecture. The hand steadies the structure, as cord, tension and gesture map- the early formation of a larger sculptural inquiry. Suspended between blueprint and ritual, the work marks the intimate scale, from which monument emerges …
Joanne Petit-Frère
Archival pigment print
2026
What Is Contemporary Hair Sculpture?
BRAIDWOMAN™
&
Braided Sanctuaries™ … BRAIDCORA™
Contemporary hair sculpture - as created by
Joanne of JoGoesWest Studios™ - is an emerging form of installation & artifact-making; that is, reclaiming & redressing, braided forms into architecture, emphasized ritual for craft-sake, and memory building, re-resonance.
What Is, Contemporary Hair Sculpture?
BRAIDWOMAN™ BRAIDS FORWARD, From Adelaide Fringe …
A study in contemporary hair sculpture at the scale of the hand — BRAIDWOMAN™ begins in gesture, braid, and structural intention.
BRAIDWOMAN™, an experimental short film by Joanne Petit-Frère, premieres March 3, 2026 at Adelaide Fringe in Adelaide, South Australia, extending the Braided Sanctuaries™ series into cinematic form.
BRAIDWOMAN™ Premieres at Adelaide Fringe
A study in contemporary hair sculpture at the scale of the hand — BRAIDWOMAN™ begins in gesture, braid, and structural intention.
BRAIDWOMAN™, an experimental short film by Joanne Petit-Frère, premieres March 3, 2026 at Adelaide Fringe in Adelaide, South Australia, extending the Braided Sanctuaries™ series into cinematic form.